By Holly Havener, executive administrator

This week, the world celebrates the 40th Earth Day. Check out just some of the astoundingly earthy things that have happened since that first Earth Day: the Environmental Protection Agency was formed; DDT, PCBs and CFCs (not to mention other abbreviated forms of bad stuff) were banned or phased out; millions of acres of wilderness were protected; plants were added to the endangered species list, but the bald eagle was removed from it (Mother Nature Network)

We at Borshoff got to thinking, what can we add to the list?

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By Emily Elmore, account manager

These past few months have all been a blur. A house here, a condo there — my husband and I were on a mad dash to find a home before April 30, the last day for first-time home buyers to receive up to a $8,000 federal tax credit. According to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), qualified first-time home buyers may be eligible for the credit if they have a binding sales contract signed before April 30, 2010, and home purchase completed by June 30, 2010.

But finally, with 10 days to spare, we locked in our first home and, according to The Indianapolis Star, have joined more than 39,000 Hoosiers who have taken advantage of the home buyer credit, instituted in April 2008 by the IRS.

Now we are in the middle of getting a home inspection and packing – even figuring out what colors to paint our walls. Any suggestions?

Thank goodness for our F.C. Tucker real estate agent Denise Brunner! [Disclosure: F.C. Tucker is a 20-year Borshoff client.] She made all of the difference, living out what I consider to be the three most important client-service skills: Read the rest of this entry »